1. Language Note 3.1
More Suffixes

2. Quick Review of Suffixes
What are suffixes?
Suffixes are letters that you add to the end of a word to make a new word.

3. -er photographer, manager, designer -or instructor, actor, doctor
A) In Language Note 1.9, you learned about these suffixes that we often use for a person’s job:
-er photographer, manager, designer
-or instructor, actor, doctor
-ist scientist, artist, chemist
-ian historian, librarian, musician

4. B) In Language Note 2.1, you learned about these suffixes that make a word an adjective:
-able
-ful (means with a lot of something)
-less (means without something)

5. C) Here are more suffixes
C) Here are more suffixes. These suffixes usually make a word a noun for a thing:
-ion
-ment

6. Noun for a Person, often a Job
Suffix: - ion
Noun for a Thing
Noun for a Person, often a Job
Verb
Adjective
competition
competitor
compete
explanation
explain
decision
decide
graduation
graduate
invitation
invite
instruction
instructor
instruct
education
educator
educate
(un)educated
translation
translator
translate
communication
communicator
communicate
preparation
prepare
(un)prepared
organization
organizer
organize
(un)organized

7. Noun for a Person, often a Job
Suffix: - ment
Noun for a Thing
Noun for a Person, often a Job
Verb
Adjective
improvement
improve
management
manager
manage
(un)manageable
advertisement
advertiser
advertise
excitement
excite
exciting, excited
government
governor
govern
payment
pay
measurement
measure
measurable

8. Do you understand?